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How to Always Secure Empty Trash

February 7th, 2010 - Mac OS X, Security, Tips & Tricks

You can set Mac OS X to always securely empty the Trash just by adjusting a preference within the Finder. Here’s how:

* Enter the Finder Preferences by either going to the Finder menu and selecting “Preferences” or by hitting Command+, within the Finder.
* Click on the ‘Advanced’ tab icon
* Click the checkbox next to “Empty Trash Securely”

always securely empty trash
Now your Trash will always be securely emptied! Note this makes data recovery practically impossible.

Posted by: Bill Ellis

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Comment from Alex
Time: February 7, 2010, 6:37 am

I found that when the OS was empting the Trash Can it was taking up alot of CPU so I use a app called the Trash Can which over writes everything in the Trash Can seven times but does’nt take large amounts of CPU to cpmplete it’s task.

Comment from Art Westin
Time: February 10, 2010, 10:11 am

I take a slightly different approach. I created a folder on my desktop called “Shredder” where I dump stuff I want to disappear permanently. When I get good and ready, I run a simple shell script that executes:

rm -Prv ~/Desktop/Shredder/*

which overwrites and then deletes everything I put in the shredder. (I suppose I could put an Automator or AppleScript icon on the desktop to do this, but so far this scheme is so simple that I haven’t.)

This works extremely fast, and only shreds really confidential stuff that you put in the Shredder.

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February 7th, 2010